That’s it…

All doors open:

Entertainment ready:

That’s it:

Winter Moon

Tonight’s Full Moon

Turning the Corner

It is 10:22 pm and for a moment our Northern Hemisphere is strained as far away from the sun as it can go.

It is 10.23 pm and we are on the journey back towards the light

All is still…

Time for darkness to start gathering

Just a chance to catch a few still life moments from today

The Pause of the Pendulum

As the pendulum of light nears its moment of stillness in a few days time

it is as if all life and action holds its breath, just waiting to get over the hump.

Life is slow

Evidence of time past remains

Signs of the future emerge

The weather hovers between brightly crisp

and crisply bright

Some days Dawn

and Dusk

seem to almost merge into each other

Some residents are certainly sprucing up for a new start

The Boot that Walked

How did you get here?

I see

No point hiding in there.

Days tick down

Windy ones

Wet ones

Bright ones

Mixed ones

We watch

and wait

Down into the Depths

Fourteen days until we hit bottom

Moments of brightness

are welcomed through the constant drip

Hens hesitate

However the dampness enhances

and is stored up for future flowerings

In the dryness of Polytunnel World pods can crack

and the Willow shows fluffiness

We store up the energy

watch the starlings

and count the days

Unboxing the Sheep

Today started with a touch of frost

and the hedgerows ablaze

We had a little time to enjoy the sun

As did the neighbouring sheep

before we had to journey to collect one of their sisters

Think this is our box

not all chops actually but also mature mutton mince

Thank you Mr Thomas

Notes from early December

As we enter the darkest of days the equation goes like this:

(daylight time) = (time to do essentials) + (not very much)

also

(time to do essentials) = (constant) x W

where W is Weather factor (wind/rain/low temperatures)

during last year’s worst snow

(daylight time) < (constant) x W

but so far this month W has been low.

A lot of dark skies so when the light does shine through it is savoured

One of the Cayugas developed a limp and had to do a lot of sitting down.

She was given her own sitting down place, where she received visitors

In a day or two she was standing up

and able to get around again

Perversely, these shortest days are when the ducks start laying again after an Autumn break. Certainly James and Cagney are back in the mood, after a moulting time

It is a spectator sport

and stimulates one of the young cockerels to try out his crow

Other sights from the last few days: